Electric race-track.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906i T. F. GAYNGR. ELECTRIC RACE TRACK.

APELIOATION FILED HARM, 1905.

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' ELECTRIC RAGE TRACK.

APPLICATION TILED MARUM, 1905.

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PATENTED; JAN. 30,1906

T. P. GAYNOR. ELEGTRIG' RAGE TRACK APPLIUATION FILED HARM, 1905.

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2 9 i t me o o c o PATENTED ammo, 1905.

1'. F. GAYNOR.

ELECTRIC RACE TRACK.

AIfPLIOATION FILED M41145 1905.

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PATENTED JAN T. P. GAYNOR.

ELECTRIC RAGE TRACK.

APPLIQATION TILED MAR.14, 1905.

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v v w M J j m J UNITED STATES Paras r, OFFICE.

THOMAS GAYNQR. or NEW YORK. n. ,Y., Assienonro-npeqrsio AMUSEMENT COMPANY, ACORPORATION F' W YORK.

ELECTRIIC AoEJ-EA' KQ To all whom, it mxziy concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. GAYNOR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn borough, New York cit in the county of Kings andState of New 1 ork, have invented certain new and useful Improvemerits in Electric Race-Tracks, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to electric racetracks; and-it consists in constructing a series of electric railways each having proper condu'ctor connections with astationary generator, so that trucks carrying ridable figures 'and propelling-motors may be run upon the tracks and their movements thereon controlled by means of circuit-controllers located at stationary operating-points within visible distance from the tracks by operators in charge of the course and the figures of animal form, as a horse or the like, and being given life-like movements and adapted to be ridden upon by persons and in competition with each other over the course, as though in a race or the like, and which is an object of a the mechanisms provided to give the figures rpfivements resembling those of. the animals t'epresented and in the means employed through which the riders can by-the properexertion of their limbs accelerate the speed of the trucks they are riding upon through suitable connections with their respective truckmotors, and thus enable the riders to com pete with each other in winning in a race when so desired. Its nature will-be also pointed out Endrfi specifically in the claims hereinafter set ort The nature and objects of this invention will be more fully understood from the followingspecification, taken in connection with Specificationof Letters Patent. .Application filed March 14,1905. sr u K0. 250,043. 1

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similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views. v 1 f R ferringto the drawings, Figure' l is a 1m roved electric general Ian view of my 1. Fig.3 is 'a diagrammatic electric plan its truck mechanism. Figs. .8 and 9 are'ver- 10 is a horizontal section on l1ne10 10,-Fig. 7e

controllers and. i mastebcontroller, as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 3 in five places therein. Fig. 12 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 1; Figt13 is a side elevation, in dotted outline, of a car which can be mounted on a truck instead of an animalffigure-and rovided with current-contra ev'ices.- ig. 14 is a diagram of the electrical connections of a generator, a-truck-motor, and the intermediate switch and rheostat devices, partly seen in the left central portion of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 represents a' plan view of an electricrace-track made according to my invention and in which a course of four railroad-tracks pf an elliptical v form is shown. Several groups of riders are shown in different racing positions at different points around on the course, including a the latter twogroups 'being at the grandstand or startingpfimt, and a lanof which is also-shown. 'e electrica connections points at whic the movements of t are controlled around the course is also shown'in this figure. Only the topview of the course is visible, however, and which consists of a' false floor or platform-which isarranged over the track-rails and truck's, but

race-trac Fig. 2 is aside, e evation of'Fig.

view of Fig. 1. Fi 4 is a side elevatiomot one of the ridable gures with its truck andon the line 66. Fig.7 is a side elevation of 'a' modified construction of a ridable figure and Fig. 11 is a front elevation of a set of currentgrou of four riders ready to make a start, and our horses which have finished in a'race,

between the* enerator. and the operating eiirucks under the figuresorveh icles, which are com" the accompanying drawings, and 1n:-wmcn tical end views ofFig. 7 looking from right to left and through line 9 9, respectively. I Fig.

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- .several railroad-tracks comprising the course illustrated in Figs. 1and'2. This figure shows the traek-railsand contact-conductors of the several'tracks and five groups of trucks, each -of which has a motor and indicated by dot-'- ted outlines in their several respective po- 5 sitions upon the tracks. It also shows the -power-generator, the feed and return con luct-orsand the controlling devices throu h which the current can be supplied to t e truck motors and its control regulated at the operating points nearand within visible distance from the tracks by the persons in charge of the system. This figure also shows variableresistance mechanisms through which the am'ountof electricit-y'supplied to 2 the several trucks can. be so regulated that the difference 'inthe lengths of the several tracks at their curved portions due to the in- Creased'radial dimensions ls they extend outwardly from their common center can be so 0 proportioned and compensated with the'requisite power that the riders traveling upon the outer tracks can keep abreast of those upon the innermost track and have an equal chance to win a race. These resistance devices are especially adapted for the curved portions of the course, as upon the straight portions the distance to he traveled over bv' 'the riders is the same upon all the tracks, and conscquenth;tln. amount of power sup- 0 plied to the different trucks in the straight portions of the trucks can be the same. The

' contact-comluctors in this figure are shown as divided into several sections. which are in: sulated from each other to make the system operative, as'will he explainedhiore fully hereinafter. In this figure a motor-braking mechanism is also shown as provided for stopping the movenfimt of a contiguous moving truck after the power has been shutoff 0 from the latter by the operator and consi sti'ng of a resistancedevice which is connected up'in circuit with the motor aftcr'thc current-supply has been shut off from the latter; the conncctionsior which will bemore full ex )laincd hereinafter.

is a so s own as provided with circuit 'closers and through which its contact-muductor sections can be connected up, so as to be 'in-. tegral electrically when such an arrangement may be desired, and which arrangement of circuit-closers can" d' course be applied to an v or all'fof the other tracks. The motor-hrak ingniechanismshown in this iigure c'an likewise be applied to any or all of the sections of" 33 a track or tracks, as can also be understood T he outer track Fig. 4-15 a vertical sectional and side elevation viewof a truck, its motormechanism, and

' gearing arrangcmentthrough which the truck .is propelled over. the track-and by which motion is imparted to the animal figure mounted -u on the-truck by means 0f,-tl'l0 standard s own, and which figure is that of a horse in the, act ofgailoping over a'race-course. This figure also shows a view of a portion of the platform and a safet \.'r'ail therqunder and against svhich one of two guard-wheels on the truck is adapted to run in case the truck-wheels should through an ycause rise from the track-rails while in motion, thereby preventing the truck from being derailed or the like. This figure also shows a compound and connectingrod arrangement that by means of which not only do the-front and back portions of the horse rise andfall alternately; but also the whole body. rises and falls, thussimulating the natural movements of the living animal represented during a galloping movement'ov'ern race-track or the like.

Fig. 4 with'its motor mechanism and gearingtraiiis'and guard-wheels. p

Fig. 6 is a horiziontal section of;the co nnect ing-rod and supporting-standards on the line 66inFig.4. -l v .Eig; 7 showsa modification in side elevation of thecrank and connecting-rod mechanism and supportingestandardsfor supporttrated in Figs..4 and 5 only that but a-single up-and-down motion is given; to the horse this figure a bracket is shown connected to the standard and to which the stirrups are attached and which are also suspended to suit-v able elastic webbing. straps which are suspended by heir upper ends from the horse on the usual manner of saddle construction. This stirrup connection with the standard is for the purpose of enabling the rider to support the weight of his body thereon, or vice versa as the body of the horse rises and-falls while thetruck isin motion, and 'sothat dur weight can be partly. or entirely-removed therefrom,- while (llllillf' jthe' downs'troke of horse, thus through the intermediate gearing adding to the'power of the motor, and thereby aiding the latter in acceleratm the speed. of the device over the traclc T llS shows the platform-supports: and. their relation with reference to thefties of therailway.

Fig-Q is a vertical endfviewoffatruek, as. seen irr'Fig. 7,'as viewed fro'n'fright toleft, with mot-or andflgear mechanisr'n, the.con-

tact-conductor, and current collector or shoe, i as indicated by'dotted lines in Fig. 7. This i Fig. 5 is a-pla'n view of the truck, showing I ,the rod his weightcun addedto that of a motion thatis imparted to the horse by a crank 'ing .the horse and-,giving it motion,'as -illus-.

thereby and thatthe latter. is trunnionedupon the standard and the connecting mechanism to make this motion operative... In

'ing the upstroke of ..the connecting-rod his 35 trolling truck. mechanisms simultaneougllg', e

. Fig. 7 on the line 9-9 of Fig. 7, showing the and line 10 10in Fi 'crank-shaft mechanismthrough which mo tion is transmitted to the horse carried by the platform.

10 is a horizontal sectional view throu h the standard and connecting-rod the stirrup-supporting device on the Fig. 11 is a iront elevationof agroup of currentscontrollers and a master-controller by means of which the movement'of the trucks can .be controlled, as indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 3. This figureshows ve rheostatscontrol ers of usual construction and as mountedin line with each other. upon 'a suitable support under the projecting fin-;

gers of the master-controller, so that any one or all of the rheostats can be operated'at will independently of each other re ardless of the master-controller, the fingers 0 which are in non-interfering positions with reference to the rheostats to permit this being done. When i proper manipulation of the rack-and-pinion arrangement of the master-controller, the

it is necessary to move all the rheostats'sym chronously, so as to start and stop their conhowever, this result can be attained by dotte lines to the left indicating the limit of travel of the master-controller lnthat direction after the act of cuttin off the current by the rheostats, while the otted lines to the right indicate the limit'ofmovernent of the mastercontroller after throwing the rhgostathandles to the osition of full current-supply through. these evices. .Fig. 12 is a side elevation of Fig. 11 and of the master-controller and rheostats. Fig. 1'3 shows in dotted lines how a vehicle can be mounted upon a truck andprovidedwith a controlling mechanisrnaccessible to the rider therein, as in an automobile or the like, the electrical connections of the controller being shown in full-lines and as leadin to the motor mechanism of the truck, whic is not shown, but being similar to that shown 2]: son of the other figures and as can be tinnerstood without illustration.

' 14 represents a diagram of the switch,

\ and circuit connections between the w ierator and the truck-moti which win in Fig. 3 in part. This figure i t the circuit supplying the power from the generator to the motor can beestablished through the double switch and the rheostat in the usual manner of such connection how by -movingv the switch into the verductors can be disconnected from the motor, and when the switches are thrown into the oblique (left) position a circuit can be established between the terminals of the motor tlcal (cut-out) .po's1tion the generator-com.

and through the rheostat when the handle of Y the latter 1s brought in contact with the terminal connections v of the resistance coils, thuslbringing the latter into circuit with the motorterminals, and thereby loading the motor electrically, with the resistance thus establishedwhenever the motor is runnin without connection withthe generatonan thus for the time being acting as a enerator of current itself. The loading of t e motor in this manner is effected by moving the rheostat-handlefrom theposition shown infull lines toward the right and onto the first or the nearest of the resistanceterminals, and-in thatosition the maximum resistance 1s broug t into circuit with-the motor and -of course the minimum loadis put upon it c: x

trically, this being an o eration exactly Ll connecting the same as that employe motor with the generators as ordinarily employed in starting motors from the stationary condition. I

,Thefhll'natur'of this device will be more fully explained hereinafter.

In the dawing's, A represents a stationa" .electric -'power generator having the fe conductors B B and return-conductors C C,

mannen 1 The feed-conductors B B areconnected throu h the branch connections B B B B B an corresponding controllers D D D D D and the intermediate branch connections connected with its terminals in theusu'al E" 'E", and E. withthe contact-conductors F F F F parallel with and in proximity to the rails GGG GT GG Gr G, comprisingthe several tracks of the system. Y

H H H. H represent variable resistance devices that are mterposedin the respective branch connections between'the controller.

D and the corresponding section. F F F F of the contactconductors of th curvedportions of the several tracks at the upper end of the " I I PI; reresent cut-out switches and throughawhic '--tli econtact-conductor Sections of the-onter-track contact-conductor as esired. Y

J J J J 'repi'esent the wheeled trucks ada t; edto run upon the respective tracks, each eing provi ed with an electric motor K, through means of wnich it is propelled along "ma be connected together or disconnected,

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ateral C ments 0 the connecting-rod and the superthe track in the usual manner of electric-railwag-traction mechanism.

represents a motor braking and controlling rheostat device through which abraking 'eflect can be produced upon the motor of the.

truck running in its conti uous section of the track.as, for instance, that of the truck J, with its motor Kand which construction will be more fully understood by referring to;

F ig. -14, in which all the circuit connections and switchdevices between the motor andthe generator are fully. illustratedwand as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Referring t0 'Figs. 4' and 5, atrucl; J is.

shown of the ordinary construction corn ris ing the frame J mounted upon the w eels.

J J J J through their respective axles J J in the usual manner of such devices. The

forwardairle J of the truck has mounted thereon the gear J which en ages-withthe pinion K mounted u on the s aft-K of-the mot'or K in the usua manner and throughwhichthe power of the motor is transmitted to the wheels J J, therebygivin traction motion to the truck. The pinion also en-: gages with a gear N'fmounted upgntheshaft? also carrying a pinion N; w ch ch aiTe s i a gear-N mounted .u on the crank-she t to whichthe crankh, having the crank' -pinj N, is secured and by means 0 which through a connecting-rod N a compound rocking motion is positively and de en'tle'ntly imparted.

to thehorseO, secured t eretoby the flange N and'as indicated by the different'posi tions of the figure shown in full andfin dotted lines. The n per N is rovide -.wit a vertical transverse slit' Ni, w 'ch plays'upanddow'r'i u on a wristf a roller N", and t e pinbein'g' rigidly secure 'to the two -wallsN N of a standard N, which is rigidlymounted to the cross-pieces J J" of the framework of'the truck. This arrangement of-the upperportion of the co'nnetin'grod N between-the ortions N 1N" of the standard serves as a ide for the up and down moveimposed horse, giving steadiness of motion to the'latter, while maintaining fixity ofposi-' tionlike the cross-head and guide arr e- .ment of an en ne or the like andas ca'n e understood wit out further description; The

truck is also provided with a pair'of uardwheels P P', mounted upon an axle ,,and- -which are adapted to run'ag'ainst corres' 0nd lng overhead railsQ Q, one of which is's own v at the left-hand edge of F i' 4 insectioii and which are secured to the PE). purpose. The-guard-wheels P,

ordinarilv run clear of the guard-rails, as Y t'form for this ow'ever,

thus indicated; but in case of any accidental uplifting of the truck-wheels frornthe'track,

as might occur in case thetmck was propelled at an excessive rate of speed while goart of the connecting-rod.

ing arounda curve orthe like,then the guardpreventing aderallment of the truck. In Fig. 7 the connecting-rod N has i a crank and drivingf gear mechanism conscribed and shownin Figs. l andj, and the standard N, with its upper end N", 15 of shown in said figure, The u perextremity NP. of the connecting-rod L", however, s

thereto, which carriesf'the cross -'bar' N3, to which the stirrups; N N are connected'flnd 1 the'upper ends of which areconnected to the elastic straps 0 O 'Whi0h are connected 'to the saddle 0* over the back-of thehorse. Of.

. '9 his weight-upon thestirrupsor upon the saddle This construction enables; the; rider to .place alternately and toxin degree esired, there by bringin weigh I in accelerate ing the s eedof the truck-in this'manner. Sp J J J areshoWn-in Figs. 4 and- 7 overthe journal-boxes to give an elastic riding motion to the horse andithe tru'ckybut ot er 'springapp'licationsnan be added or substituted, as can be understood; The false -floor or 'platformQ between the truck and the horse-is supported in-positionby upjstroke,- so. as' to aid the motor 'scription. The platform -sections areatranlgielili .so as; to cover from view the trucks} ma g a-false flooring,-above which only'the,

visible, so that ail-appearance is given to obof the figures being at all times clear of the platform," as can be understood, and to produce which effect-as 'wellas to protect the riders from ever falling u on the trucks or tracks in case of an-a'cci entflare the main p'u oses of the platform.

larger fi res as consisting of a'rail F, insu- 'current' is collected-therefi'om by means of a contact collector or shoe Ki, having the nected with the motor similar to that d The standard N? as ail-bracket secured"- lated at its base in the usual manner, and the 5 Twheels will run against the guardrails, thussubstantially' similar construction to that trunnioned upon awrist-pin O in the lug Q,

"upon which the lug O of t e support 0, cara, vert upon the cranlflpin during its il ownstrokeiand, .vice versa, onithev means of uprights'Q Q Q secured to the ties Q Q, as can be understood by the de ire horses aid their supportingstahdards are servers asif the-horses were running around the course upon the platform,- only the feet he cont-act conductor'is shown in the-- iijlfifl w" 4 4 proper electrical connections with the motor,

so as to sired. i Y

4 D D D D Df'show a group of current- 'controllers having resistance-coils and terminal connections of the ordinary construction joisuch devices. They are mo'untedin line bring thelatter into circuit when det'ogethei' upon ,the sup ort D and 'upon which the master-control erD is also mounted bymeans of the studs D D D, which are secured thereto. Fingers D D D are secured to the master-controller D and arranged in such osition with reference to the "controller-hand es D D as to move the handles in either direction to the full extent of their swee synchronously whenever this is desired, W 'le permitting-of the free and independent manipulation of the handles separately whenever this is to be done. M0- tion is imparted to the master-controller D by means of a toothed section D", which engages with the pinion D having the handwheel D attached thereto and being mountedupon a stud D, which is secured to the upright D like the smaller studs D" D" D; The multipl controller is for the pose of controlling the movement of a group c piriders or any one of them, as 'may be desired, and illustrates the construction of the devices that are shown in Fig. 3 diagrammatically at DDD D D. In Fig. 13 the vehicle device R(shown in dotted lines) illustrates how a number of persons can be carried upon a single truck" and how an o erator seated therein can be provided with means for controlling the movement of the vehicle while seated therein and which consists of the controller R and hav; ing the proper connections R R with the motor w1th the accessory appliances of an automobile at his command, if such an arrange ment is desired.-

In Fig, 14, L represents the rheostat ortion of a controller L, having the contro lerhandle L of ordinary construction. S S represent a pair of circuit-closersconnected together by the connection S and -which serve for connecting up the truckmotor K through the controller L with the generator A, and 'the necessary intermediate conductors being also shown. 7

The circuit is established from the generator A to the motor K as followsi from ter' minal A throughconduct'or 1, terminal T,

circuit-closer S, terminal T conductor T rheostat L, rheostat-handleL, and conductor T to the terminal -T of the motor K. The return path of the circuit is, beginning atthe .terminal T the return-conductor T, the

switch-terminal T; and switch S the terminal T", conductor T and'termlnal A. of the generator A. The rheostat-handle L in the position shown linesof course opens the circuit which is e'stabhshed when it 1s brought against the nearest terminal of the rheostat L and then as it is advanced gradu ally to theposition shown in-dotte'd lines when the rheostat is short-circuited after the mo- -tor K has attained its full speed. If any intermediate speed of the motor K is des red, 1t may be obtained by bringing the handle L to the proper rheostat-terminal that will interpose the requisite resistancein the circuit to give the result.

When the switches are moved into the vertical position, as indicated by the dotted lines, theconductor T T? are disconnected from the motor K, and the latter ,thus losing its power will when running soon come to astand with its truck; but as emergencies may arise in which the truck should be stopped as quickly as possible this result can be attained by throwing the switches to the extreme left positioh (indicated by the dotted lines) and which establishes a motor-circuit as follows: from the motor-terminal T conductor T, controller-handle L, rheostat L, conductor T terminal T, switch S, terniinal T", conductor T conductor T, to motor-terminal "I". By this arrangement it can be seen that the controllerL' may be used in the usual manner of such devices in gradually turning on the current and starting thetruck-motor K and when the latter is to be stopped that the controller also acts in interposing a resistance' in the alternative circuit, in which the motor is connected by the pro er mani ulation of the rheostat-handle E and t e switches S S, as described, so that whatever counter electromotive force may be generated by the motor while it isrunning (after its power has been shut off) and until 1t sto s is expended in current through t e resistance of the rheostat L, whichby loading the motor electrically in thisv way' acts as abrake in uickly stopping the motor and through the latter the movement of the truck itself with the rider thereon, this being one of the important novel features of this invention;

It will be observed that the contact-conductors of the whole course are divided transversely into several sections, as indicated by dotted lines U U U UUin Figs. 1 and 3, and that each group of sections of the contactconductors has corresponding return branch conductors V V V 3 V, connecting with their respective'controllers 'D D D? D D which are stationed at the operating-points within visible distance from the tracks. These return branch conductors are for the purpose of establishing a temporary'bralnng-clrcultwith the truck-motors to make thebrak ing operation effective, as described.

The return-conductor G, can also be connected with the track-rails in the ilsual; man- "nor of. electric-railway construction 'andas indicated at C 0 near the generator A in'Fig.

3. The eontact conductor sections of each traclrmay of course be connected to ether, so as to make them integral electrical by means of the cut-cut switches I I I? l as shown, connecting the sections of the contactconductor of the outer track in Fig. 3, as already described. Ordinarily th'eshort sections of the contact-conductors of the several tracks imuie- IO -diately-behind the home starting-station W and controlled by the con'troller'l) are left cutout of circuit and dead electrically, so that the motors of the trucks when the latter reach these sectionson the home stretch of'a I 5 race thus lose their pro lling power and the truclrs come to a'stan before reaching the starting-point, soas to enable the riders todismount at the grand stand or -starting-station W. The trucks can then be moved for ward by the attendant in charge, so as to come upon the contiguous starting portion of the course, the tracks of which are controlled by the controller .D electrically, and when the new ridcrsare mounted upon their re' spective-horses in pro er starting-line with each other, as indicate in Figs. 1 and 2, with- 111 the grand stand theower can be synchronously applied to al of. the respective trucks by the proper manipulation of the, controller D, and. thereby'giving 'an'e ual start to the whole grou of riders... Y en the riders thus started o reach the next section of thecourse, their inoveinentsthere-. upon are controlled by the operator at the 3 5 central operating-station'X within the course andin visible distance therefrom and who also can control them around upon the course as. they reach each of the other sections thereof successively until the home or stopping sec- 40 tion is finally reached and the race thus finished. By this arrangement it can be seen that the movement of the trucks around the course can be completely controlled" and regulated by the operators in charge of the controllers at the stationary operating-points and as effectively as could be done if each of the riders had individual means of controlling the power at hand while riding upon his mount, and the operators have full control of all the riders upon the whole course at the same time, u hichis a great advantage.

The difference in the lengths of the curved poftionsof the tracks can be compensated so that eachrider can have suflicient power sup- 5 5 lied to his respective motor to enable him to eep abreast of his competitors in the race. by means the manipulation of the controllers D D Dbythe operator in ch'argethereof or else through the lnterposijtion of the variable resistances H H H H, as already described.

Moreover, the operator can increase or retard the peed ofany of the riders at. will through the said meansat any time, if so d'e- Fuses E Eican be in the The truck-driving axle and the crank-' shaftfigure-actuating mechanism by he b th geared to the motor-shaft provides a positive and direct interdependence of ele-.

vmnts having advantages not possessed by devices of this class in which the crank mechanism is connected to one axle of the truck and the motor mechanism to the other axle and'the two elements thus being. independent of each other-that is, where the crank is in dependent of the primary movin mechanism. In such devices it has'been ound that the oscillatory vertical-movements ofthe figure and the rider thereon have so affected the end of the truck to which the crankwas connected as to cause the corresponding wheels to rise from the track and a liability of der'ailing the truck and injury to the rider as a conse .uence. a In t 's invention it will be noticed that the crank mechanism and the'standard su orting the figure are arranged in the middle of the truck and the weight of the figureland that of a rider, if. properly mounted thereon) is thus bettc'r distributed upon all the truckwheels than can he 'done upon said'dvices.

Moreover, the power is directly and 'positively transmitted from the motor to the fig- ;ure, and vice-versa and interdependent-l v, whileinthe device's referred to the power transmission is only through the axles and wheels and the tractional friction of the lattcr upon the track -railsfwith a consequent IOC liability of slippage thereon; and the motor and crank mechanism are mechanicallyindependent of each other, which arrangement is objectionable.

F mm the foregoing; description of the sys tem the nature and the operationof this invention can be understood without further explanation. This ,invention can be constructed in the usual manner of electric-railway construction and of materials ordinarily thus employed. A race-course can be con structed of any shape or dimensions and of any number of tracks desired and containing all or only part of the mechanisms and comhin'ations of elements herein described and,

illustrated. Figures and vehicles of any,

suitable design can be mounted. upon the trucks and proper movements imparted thereto and made to travel-around-over the course in substantially theinanner'described,

thus giving a great rangeof applicability to this invention.

It canthus be seen that I provide a simple and complete system and apparatus-for the purposes intended ',and meetlng all the re quirements ofsuch an invention;

.. anmsuqhmahw Warm-anal.

55 truck carr'yi stantiallyas' escribed.

. transmitting mechanism connect' Having' thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, IS-

1. In an electric race-track, the combination of a generator afeed-conductor, a contact-conductor, a return conductor, a railway-track, a railway-truck carrying a propelling-motor in circuit with the generator, a ridable figure mounted thereonand a crank mechanism through which power is directly transmittible from the motor to the fi ure and vice versa, substantiallyas describe 2. Inan'electric race-track, the combination of the railway-track, a railwa -truek carrying a propelling-motor -a ridab e moving figure mounted thereon-and a owert e motor with the fi ure and through which movement is directly transmittible from the .mo-

to? to the figure and vice versa, substantially as describe of, a truck with its track-wheels, a propellingthe figure and all fbeing com ined substantiallyasv escribed.

3. Theridable racetrack device consisting motor, a ridable figure, a standard mounted upon the truck and supporting .the figure, and a power-transmittin crank mechanism connectin the motor wit 4. In a ridable race-track device, the combination of a ridable figure,.a connecting-rod supporting the figure a crank m'echanisin connected to the connecti -rod and to a power-transmitting mechanism, a connect; mg-rod-guiding standard, and a truck still): porting the standard and carrying all of t e elements-of the combination, substantially as described. y 5. In a ridable race-trackdevice, the on nbination of .a ridable figure, 'a crank power mechanism, a guiding-standard, and a con-,

necting-rodtsipportingthe figure at one end and con'nec ,at-itsjother end to a crank power mechanism and havinggwrist-pin conwhich a the figur tially as described.

6. Ina ridable race-track device, the combination of a ridable figure 'agsup rt1ng' tl igfigure' standard having a bracket to which is trunnioned, a pitman connecting-rod connected at one. endto the figure and by its other .end to a crankpower-transmitting mechanism --a truck-propelling motor con the crank mechanism and anected all of the said-elements, sub- 7. In a ridable race-track device, the combination of a wheeled truck, a pro lling-motor, a cra'nk mechanism connecte to the motor, a connecting-rod connected to the crank I mechanism, a moving ridable figure connected to the connecting-rod, a standard mounted upon the truck and supporting the which a rider while upon the figure may support his weight andaccelerate the speed of the truck, as desired, substantially as described.

8.. In an electric race-course, the combination of a generator, a feed -conductor, are-- turn-conductor, aseries of railway-tracks, a correspondin series of trucks thereon, each carrying a ri able figure and provided with a propelling-motor, a corres onding series of contact-conductors each 0 which is divided into insulated sections and a circuit-controller for each contact-conductor section and connecting it with the feed-conductor and located at an operating-point Within visible dis-' .tance of the course, substantially as described.

9;. In an electric race-course, the combination of a generator, a feed-conductor, a .return-conductor, a, series of railway-tracks, a contact-conductor for each track and a combined individual;and master circuit-controller connecting each and-all of-the contactconductors with the feed-conductor and 'located within visible operating distance from the course and a truck for each track and carryilgigda propelling-motor, substantially as troynan electric race-course, the combination of a generator, a feed-conductor, a return-conductor, a senes of railway-tracks, a

truck upon each track and carrying a ridable device and a propelling-motor, a contact-. conductor for each track and a combined individual and master circuit-controller connecting each and all of the contact-conductors with the feed-conductor and located within visible operati distance from the course and by means of w 1ich the movements of the several trucks can be controlled while around upon the course, substantia'll .as described.

11. In an electric racetrac thecombination of a generator, a feed-conductor, a re-' turn-conductor, a truck carryinfigg ridable -1notor hanism, 2i

figure and provided with aiprope a controller having'a rheostat 11160. double switch one member of which is adapted to open and close the return-conductor between the generator and the motor and the other niember'ada'pted to open and close'the feed-conductor through the controller and alternately establish a circuit through the motor and the rheostat' ofthe controller whenever the generator is thereby disconnected from the motor and the controller,

tiguous sections ot the contact-conductors of regulate the amount of electricity supplied to 4 their respective contact-cbnductors so tat thetrucks Wlll be made to run around upon 1 0 generator for each all. of the tracks in the same amount of time and to thereby compensate for their differ:

ences of length, substantially as described.

Signed at New Yorkcity,

New Yorli and'State of'New York, this 11th day of March, A. D. 190.5.

5 I THOMAS F. GAYNOR.

'witnessesi MoLL E R SENBLATT, EMMA M. FIELD.

in the county of 15 

